Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-12
montrose Carries the Day.

Montrose Carries the Day.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-THE bay
colt, Montrose, son of the Duke of Mont
rose, dam Patti, wins the great Kentucky
derby. 1t was not a great race, but it
was pretty one. The time, 2:394 make s
poor comparison with last years rec
ord. The weather in the morning looked
little threatening and at o'clock q
slight shower fell. II lasted only a few
minutes, though, and it did not affect
the track in the least. Long before
the first drop fell streams of vehicles and
street cars, packed and damned, had filed
Churchill Downs with an immense
throng, second in number only to the
memorable gathering at the. Tenbroeck-
Mollie Mccarthy race. The field was
opened to the public and looked like
about one half of the big commonwealth
Of Kentucky had been dumped down
there. In the grand stand the gay cos
tunes of the ladies st the north end and
the futtering of their fans af-
forded a pleasant contrast 10 the
mass of humans packed together
like sardines over all the other space
available. There must have been 10000
people present. General Robinson of
Lexington, Colonel Green of St. Louis
and Colonel M. Lewis Clark were the
Judges. The horses got off in the first
race without much delay. 1t was for
maiden tWo-year- and there were
seven starters. Casteele won in fast
time, 1904.
Second race-One mile and q quarter
was won handilY by Montancer Regent
in 1:11t.
The crowd grew nervous waiting for
the big event of the day, and there was
marmur of applause when Colonel Clark
rang the bell for the derby. Jim Gore
was the first out of the paddock. He
galloped by the stand slowly and was
greeted with cheers. His fore feet were
wrapped with red flannel, and he
appeared stiff. Pendennis came next.
The dark-brown Californian looked
well and attracted much attention. When
Banburg appeared, however, he was
greeted with loud cheers, showing where
the most money was. He looked fit, and
his hackers were confident. Friends of
Pendennis were also quite enthusiastic.
Lucky Baldwin had said before the race
that he was q better horse than Gollah,
and that was conclusive enough to
many who got within range of the
circulation of the statement.
Out of the original eleven entrees there
were only seven starters. These were
Banbury, who was ridden by Blaylock,
Jacobin (StovaD, Clarion (Arnold),
Montrose Oewis), Pendennis (Murphy),
Jim Gore (Fitzpatrick) and Banyan by
Godfrey. The post odds were seven
to five against 'Banbury, four to one
Jacobin, fifteen to one Clarion, fifteen to
one Montrose, eight to one Pendenkis,
three to one Jim Gore, Eseven to six Ban
van. Distance one mile and one half.
They started of finely and Billy Cheat
ham of Nashville, who sent them off, had
only to drop his flag once. After
GREATNESS silence, "they're OFF, went up
simultaneously from the thousands of
threats in the grand stand. Jacobin led
off, followed closely by Banyan and
Montrose, with the rest in q bunch. As
they sWerved into the stretch
Banyan leaped to the front,
Montrose maintained a good
second and Jacobin third. Down the
stretch the whole of them closed up
beautifully, Montrose keeping well to
the front all the time. AS they came
down past the grand stand there were
great shouts as they flew by in the order
named, Montrose, Jacobin, Banburg,
Banyan, Jim Gore, Pendennis and
Clarion. Jim Gore seemed to be taking
things easy, maintaining his position
past the quarter, where Montrose still
led; Banyan, second; and the other son
of King Ban, third; Pendennis was sixth,
and Jacobin had dropped back to the last
place. At the end of the mile their posi-
tions were not materially changed. Jim
Gore seemed to falter, but gathered him
self and moved up to the third place at
the three-quarter pole. There Montrose
still led, Banyan alongside of Gore and
Banburg second. They whirled into the
stretch and Fitzpatrick was seen TO be
urging the popular son of Hindoo. AS
they came around the turn Pendennis
threw up his tail and gave up. He seemed
to be clear out of form and ran misera-
BILE race from beginning to end. Mon
trose still led, to the surprise of all.
Fitzpatrick had been instructed to
win with Jim Gore if he had to
kill the colt, and as he laid
on the lash on the stretch the horse was
plainly seen to be limping. Lewis gave
Montrose the rein and it was nip and
tuck between the two for q moment, but
the former held on nobly and passed
under the string winner by two lengths;
Jim Gore, second. He had led with ap-
parent ease from the grand stand with
out touch of the whip and looked able
to go another quarter. Jacobin was
third; Banburn, the chosen favorite,
fourth; Clarion, fifth; Banysn, sixth;
and Pendennis last. Jim Gore was limp
ing terribly at the finish 1t is thought !
he will never be able to start again.
Montrose is owned by LaBold Bros. of
Cincinnati, and was bred by Milton Young
st the McGrsthiana stud. Time, 1884. |
The timers were W. S. Barned, Ed Cor
rigan and B. G. Thomas.
First receive furlongs, for maiden